Early detection is not just about medical procedures or clinical appointments. It’s about empowerment, awareness and proactive health care that allows women (and men, too) to take charge of their health and increase the chances of beating breast cancer.

Of Mississippi’s nearly 300 choices of specialty license plates, one adorned with hints of pink helps in the fight against breast cancer.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and early detection can be vital for patients. Dr. Vanessa Workman at Eastern Radiologists spoke more about the keys of early detection and what people need to know about the screening process.

The American Cancer Society found that breast cancer mortality rates have been dropping steadily since 1989, but in recent years, newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer have been on the rise.

Any form of breast cancer treatment appears to speed the aging of the recipient's cells, a new study finds. "For the first time, we're showing that the [aging] signals we once thought were driven by chemotherapy are also present in women undergoing radiation and surgery," said study lead author Judith Carroll .

The UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that some treatments like chemotherapy and radiation can speed up the biological aging process in breast cancer survivors. Most of us have,